Re: '95 Dodge Trucks (Warning)

[Kenzie_Kelly@spc.com]

     This makes me think about how important it might be to practice
     emergency situations before they happen.  How about taking the truck
     and trailer (unloaded, of course) out one day on a known low-traffic
     road to practice things like avoiding obstacles, engine problems and
     the like?  What other kinds of things might we do that we think are
     helping (like shifting into neutral), but are in fact about to blow us
     up?

     When I took Driver's Ed in high school, one of the things we were
     required to drive through was the instructor reaching over and turning
     off the ignition key as we went down the interstate.  It was scary,
     but I learned that even if you turn the ignition all the way off, you
     will still have steering and brakes, just not power steering or
     brakes.  If you turn the engine off, but leave the key in the halfway
     on position (so your radio works - can't think of what that's called)
     it will kill the engine, but you will still have power steering and
     brakes.

     Kenzie (who's had to drive in some fairly strange conditions) & Zane
     (who thankfully wasn't involved in any of them)
     Birmingham, AL


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Subject: RC:   Re: '95 Dodge Trucks (Warning)
Author:  Bluebirdpr@aol.com
     Date:    12/15/99 9:04 PM

In a message dated 12/15/1999 7:23:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
bechack@sierratel.com writes:

<<
 Should have put it in neutral, that way the steering would still work and
 the racing engine won't be pushing you faster!
  >>
You do that and the engine will blow in a matter of minutes.





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